return strerror(abs(error));
}
+static inline int errno_or_else(int fallback) {
+ /* To be used when invoking library calls where errno handling is not defined clearly: we return
+ * errno if it is set, and the specified error otherwise. The idea is that the caller initializes
+ * errno to zero before doing an API call, and then uses this helper to retrieve a somewhat useful
+ * error code */
+ if (errno > 0)
+ return -errno;
+
+ return -abs(fallback);
+}
+
/* Hint #1: ENETUNREACH happens if we try to connect to "non-existing" special IP addresses, such as ::5.
*
* Hint #2: The kernel sends e.g., EHOSTUNREACH or ENONET to userspace in some ICMP error cases. See the